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9 x No prep pairwork speaking activities
Topic: Mon école et les matière
Encourage fluency and confidence using Spanish with thematic conversation activities.
1) L’éducation
2) Les langues
3) La religion
4) L’histoire
5) La géographie
6) La science
7) L’art
8) Les nombres
9) La musique
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using French
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Premièrement, Deuxièment,Pour finir
Cependant, D’autre part, Alors que
De plus, En outre, Par ailleurs
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS (in French)

9 x No prep pairwork speaking activities
Topic: Mon monde
Encourage fluency and confidence using Spanish with thematic conversation activities.
1) Les animaux
2) La campagne
3) La nature
4) Les pays
5) La météo
6) L’environnement
7) Les villes
8) Les bâtiments
9) Les voyages
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using French
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Premièrement, Deuxièment,Pour finir
Cependant, D’autre part, Alors que
De plus, En outre, Par ailleurs
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS (in French)

7 x No prep pairwork speaking activities:
Topic:Problèmes Sociaux
Encourage fluency and confidence using French with thematic conversation activities.
1. Le crime
2. L’éducation
3. La politique
4. La santé
5. L’argent
6. La religion
7. Le futur
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using French
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Premièrement, Deuxièment,Pour finir
Cependant, D’autre part, Alors que
De plus, En outre, Par ailleurs
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS (in French)

This is a board game to practise speaking and listening skills on the topic of weather in French.
Pupils play in groups of 2 -4. Simply print slide 4 for each group - this is the board. Laminate or print on to card for increased durability. Each group will also need a dice - a template is provided to be printed and assembled if needed.
Players move around the board asking and answering questions about the weather. There are three different help sheets included, as well as full instructions on how the game can be extended further.
Also included are powerpoint slides which introduce the weather phrases - together with the game this could be the main part of a lesson.

A range of resources to support pupils with their writing skills for GCSE.
The resource packs recycle key A/ grade 8 + phrases and include everything from topic support sheets, to writing mats, translation and introduction to the subjunctive.

16 x French Conversation Activity Worksheets
No prep pair-work speaking activities.
Topics:
1) Les fêtes
2) Le futur
3) La géographie
4) Les habitudes
5) L’histoire
6) L’humour
7) Internet
8) Les inventions
9) Les langues
10) Le logement
11) Les loisirs
12) Les médias
13) La météo
14) La mode
15) La musique
16) La nature
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using French
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Premièrement, Deuxièment,Pour finir
Cependant, D’autre part, Alors que
De plus, En outre, Par ailleurs
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS (in French)

No prep pair-work speaking activity.
Topic of conversation: La météo
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using French
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Premièrement, Deuxièment,Pour finir
Cependant, D’autre part, Alors que
De plus, En outre, Par ailleurs
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS (in French)

No prep pair-work speaking activity.
Topic of conversation: La géographie
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using French
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Premièrement, Deuxièment,Pour finir
Cependant, D’autre part, Alors que
De plus, En outre, Par ailleurs
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS (in French)

This is a 5 lesson French unit for KS2. It teaches children vocabulary around the theme of ‘Seasons, Dates and Weather.’
The plans all give details of a starter, how to teach the new vocabulary, followed by a combination of listening activities, speaking activities, reading/writing activities and plenary. Each lesson is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All resources needed for the lessons are included in the price. This includes a PowerPoint for each containing the new vocabulary.
(This unit could be combined with other Blossoming Minds’ French units. This is unit 9 in the sequence.)

This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to talk about the seasons in French.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the vocabulary, a listening game, a reading game, a reading worksheet and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are:
The plan
A PowerPoint presentation
Resources for listening game
Resources for reading game
Reading worksheet
(This plan is Lesson 5, Unit 9 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual plan.)
Please note: Children should be able to talk about the weather in French prior to this lesson. You can buy a weather lesson from the Blossoming Minds website.

This is a plan and resources for a French lesson to use with KS2. It involves children learning how to talk about the weather in French.
The plan gives details of a starter spelling game, how to teach the vocabulary, a listening game, a whole class speaking and listening activity, a written worksheet and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
Resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are:
The plan
A PowerPoint presentation
Resources for listening game
Writing worksheet
(This plan is Lesson 4, Unit 9 by Blossoming Minds, but can be used as an individual plan.)

A booklet based on Studio 1 module 5, aimed at developing accuracy and translation skills lower down the school. Can be used independently of the textbook. Contains short translations which vary in complexity, based on each double page in the textbook, with writing tasks, a picture to describe and speaking test questions. There are spaces to self assess progress and to re-draft work. Can be used in booklet format to monitor progress in one place, projected on board as classroom activities, or as homework tasks.

A bundle of resources designed to cover Studion Foundation pages 78, 79, 80 and 81.
The resources, listening files and activities within the PowerPoints have been created by me, thus allowing you to use the Studio activities for revision or consolidation at a later date.

Duration: 110 minutes
Objective: Future proche, using SI, and making future plans depending on the weather.
Setting the scene: Designed as a complete standalone to cover pages 80+81 of Studio Foundation. In this lesson, half way through, a “fake” Skype call happens, and I (Mr Mansfield) call my class from home and ask them about what they have planned (videos are included). Anyone else can just pretend it’s their friend. The lesson also makes reference to a poem that was previously covered (included) but it is not critical to have done the poem.
Additionally, at the beginning of the lesson, a student can be asked to “control” the satellite which zooms onto France and displays the weather for the météo task. This is fun and the outgoing students really enjoy this aspect.
Key vocab: Weather and activities.
Key verbs: FAIRE, ALLER and the near future – future proche.
PowerPoint includes: Starter activity, satellite effects, numerous listening activities, speaking activity, reading &amp; writing activity, and plenary.
Additional instructions: Print slides 11 and 12 and hand them out to students to use in class.

A resource aimed at the high-flying students looking to use more unusual and impressive vocabulary when writing and speaking. 48 idioms introduced and follow-up activities provided. these include:
matching up exercise
reading a definition of the idiom and deciding which idiom is being referred to
improving upon texts in which students replace accurate but humdrum phrases with idiomatic ones learned.
missing word exercise

This is a set of resources on holidays geared towards GCSE level students on the topic of holidays. It includes several worksheets to revise different aspects of holidays (weather, transports, activities,…) in the past, present and future,

This is a set of resources on the topic of holidays in the present tense geared towards late KS3 or GCSE level students. It includes an interactive presentation with different activities, several worksheets, reading activities, a listening task and games. It focuses on the present tense and second verb infinitive structures, as well as the vocabulary of holidays.

This is a set of resources on holidays in the present tense geared towards GCSE age students. The main worksheet contains reading and grammar activities (and a listening activity if you are willing to read), with answers on the presentation.
The set includes a second worksheet which includes a writing frame and a task on the present tense and holidays.

This is a set of resources geared towards late KS3 or GCSE level students on the topic of my worst holidays in the perfect tense and negative constructions. It includes an interactive presentation, several worksheets, games and reading activities.

This is a set of resources geared towards late KS3 or GCSE level students on the topic of my past holidays. It goes over the perfect tense in detail and includes an interactive presentation, several worksheets, games and reading activities.

These resources are geared towards late KS3 or GCSE level students and focuses on the topic of ideal holidays through the conditional. It also tackles if structures with the imperfect and the conditional. It includes an interactive presentation, several worksheets, games and reading activities, and the works of a popular French song as a gap fill.

Great reading tasks for students to develop vocab and arguments to say whether they prefer to stay or go abroad on holidays and why. 4 reading tasks and match up, translation, speaking, writing exercises.

KS4 French resource about past holiday.
A 25 slides PPT to recap or introduce talking about past holidays.
Activities in the past, weather, opinion.
Slides to recap how to form the perfect tense and key sentences in the imperfect tense.

A bundle of tried and tested resources comprising worksheets and ppts. to help your students write about a holiday in the past tense.
Practise:
1) past tense verbs (conjugated with avoir and être) to describe holidays
2) opinions, connectives, time and weather expressions
3) key verbs - c'était, avait and il y avait

This is a set of resources on the topic of holidays in the perfect tense. It includes two interactive presentation and many worksheets (reading, writing, speaking). It can take you through several lessons.

Set of activities organised around the film short clip 'Top Ten ways we reach our patients' . This package of resources consists of teacher's notes to guide speaking and writing exercises, a student worksheet, and a transcript, based on the video.

A nice translation game/idea French GCSE on topic Les vacances. Done with Yr10 who loved it. Enjoy and don't forget to feedback!
I have a Spanish one on holidays free to download if you want to see how it looks/works

Pair work activity. Students must match the beginning and end of sentences that are useful for a postcard (sheet must be printed and cut into sections). Sentences include describing the weather, past, present, future and immediate future tense. A good introduction to postcard writing or for students with GLD/ SLD.

Practice for the more able GCSE student in rising above the ordinary and creating some authentic looking, impressive, top grade achieving, classy French.
Students required to change correct , but rather humdrum phrases into ones guaranteed to have examiners like me drooling!

48 useful French idioms. Students have to supply the missing word in each sentence from a selection given. Great for reinforcing phrases already encountered. Ideal for cover work or independent learning with able students.

48 French idioms, split into 3 groups of 16, to match up with their English meanings. Students to guess initially. A great way to introduce some classy idioms to enrich their French. Ideal for the more able.

48 French idioms to help your students achieve a high grade, with English meanings and an example of each one.
Practice with reading a definition of each idiom and selecting the idiom which best fits.
Ideal for cover lesson, independent learning and revision.

14 French Trapdoor activities for the New French GCSE
These have proved very popular with students and teachers. Great for speaking practice, writing practice, translation.
Enjoy and don't forget to feedback!!

This lesson starter handout (1xA4) has been designed for my second year GCSE students (Year 11) starting in Sept 2017. I have used these sheets in year 10 and they have been very helpful for students.
As we are going through the book (Studio AQA), I am creating these documents for them to refer to throughout the year (year 10-year 11). Please note that if there is a mention of 'Check green grammar lesson', it is because I give them separate grammar sheets on a green paper. This text box is easy to delete if you don't want it. Make sure you click on the 'enable editing' box at the top of the document after downloading it.

This lesson starter handout (1xA4) has been designed for my second year GCSE students (Year 11) starting in Sept 2017. I have used these sheets in year 10 and they have been very helpful for students.
As we are going through the book (Studio AQA), I am creating these documents for them to refer to throughout the year (year 10-year 11). Please note that if there is a mention of 'Check green grammar lesson', it is because I give them separate grammar sheets on a green paper. This text box is easy to delete if you don't want it. Make sure you click on the 'enable editing' box at the top of the document after downloading it.

This lesson starter handout (1xA4) has been designed for my second year GCSE students (Year 11) starting in Sept 2017. I have used these sheets in year 10 and they have been very helpful for students.
As we are going through the book (Studio AQA), I am creating these documents for them to refer to throughout the year (year 10-year 11). Please note that if there is a mention of 'Check green grammar lesson', it is because I give them separate grammar sheets on a green paper. This text box is easy to delete if you don't want it. Make sure you click on the 'enable editing' box at the top of the document after downloading it.